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"This propolis is poured into hot linseed-oil and beeswax, in 

 the following proportions: Propolis 1, beeswax Vj, oil 2. Previ- 

 ously, the oil should 'linger,' as we say, on the stove, for fif- 

 teen or twenty days, that is, remain hot without boiling, to give 

 it the property of drying. The wooden ware is dipped into 

 the above mentioned preparation, and must remain in it ten 

 or fifteen minutes, after which it is cooled, and rubbed and 

 polished with woolen rags." — (A. Zoubareff, St. Petersburg, 

 Sept. 26, 1882.) 



